International Union for the Conservation of Nature

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)

"Use of the name World Conservation Union began in 1990, but the full name and the acronym are often used together as many people still know the Union as IUCN.

"The World Conservation Union was founded in October 1948 as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (or IUPN) following an international conference in Fontainebleau, France. The organization changed its name to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1956." 


 * "The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership."


 * Julia Marton-Lefevre - Director General (since Jan 2007)

IUCN Council
President: Mohammed Valli Moosa, South Africa Treasurer: Sven Sandstrom, Sweden

Regional Councillors

 * Africa: Amadou Ba, Senegal; Zohir Sekkal, Algeria
 * Meso and South America: Juan Marco Alvarez, El Salvador; Claudio Carrera Maretti, Brazil; Silvia Sanchez Huaman, Peru
 * North America and the Caribbean: Lynn Holowesko, Bahamas; Huguette Labelle, Canada; Russell Mittermeier, USA
 * South and East Asia: Nobutoshi Akao, Japan; Xing-guo Han, China; Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Thailand
 * West Asia: Talal Al-Azimi, Kuwait; Ali Darwish, Lebanon; Javed Jabbar, Pakistan
 * Oceania: Lionel Gibson, Fiji; Christine Milne, Australia; Diana Shand, New Zealand
 * East Europe, North and Central Asia: Kalev Sepp, Estonia; Alexey Yablokov, Russia; Marija Zupancic-Vicar, Slovenia
 * West Europe: Purificacio Canals, Spain; Alistair Gammell, UK; Manfred Niekisch, Germany
 * Appointed Councillors: Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, Bangladesh; G. A. Boon von Ochssee, Netherlands; Aroha Te Pareake Mead, New Zealand
 * Representative of the Swiss Confederation - Pierre Hunkeler, Switzerland

Commission Chairs
Biographies
 * Commission on Ecosystem Management - Hillary Masundire, Zimbabwe - Chair, Commission on Ecosystem Management
 * Commission on Education and Communication - Keith Wheeler, USA, Chair, Commission on Education and Communication
 * Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy - Taghi Farvar, Iran - Chair, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
 * Commission on Environmental Law - Sheila Abed, Paraguay - Chair, Commission on Environmental Law
 * World Commission on Protected Areas - Nikita Lopoukhine, Canada - Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas
 * Species Survival Commission - Holly T. Dublin, USA - Chair, Species Survival Commission

Contact details
Rue Mauverney 28 Gland 1196 Switzerland Phone: +41 (22) 999-0000 Fax: +41 (22) 999-0002 Email: webmaster AT iucn.org Web: http://www.iucn.org

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